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Walmart’s AI Fashion Forecast: 18 Weeks Faster (and Hopefully Still in Style) Walmart, the retail behemoth known for its, shall we say, practical fashion offerings, has thrown its hat into the AI ring. The prize? Shaving a whopping 18 weeks off their fashion lead times. Yes, you read that right. Eighteen. Weeks. Trend-to-Product: AI’s…

Agentic AI: From Hype to High Gear (Deployment Edition) So, you’ve bought into the agentic AI revolution? Good. Now comes the fun part: actually deploying the darn thing. Everyone’s busy building, but deployment? That’s where the rubber meets the road, or, more accurately, where your AI dreams either take flight or crash and burn.…

Hotspring, the VFX outsourcing platform, just upped its game. They’ve integrated Slapshot AI, their in-house tool designed to automate the drudgery – rotoscoping and frame generation – that sucks the joy out of visual effects work. Slapshot: From Roto to… More? Slapshot first appeared in 2024, initially focusing solely on rotoscoping. Now, Hotspring is…

ServiceNow, the workflow leviathan, is at it again. This time, the target is Logik.ai, a company specializing in CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) solutions. The official line? To bolster ServiceNow’s CRM portfolio and inject some much-needed oomph into its sales and order management capabilities. CPQ: Decoding the Alphabet Soup For the uninitiated, CPQ is the…

Hong Kong’s HashKey, fresh from navigating the, shall we say, dynamic world of licensed crypto exchanges, is now wading into the AI pool. Their offering? ModAI, a generative AI tool promising to automate content moderation, goose user engagement, and generally provide customer support. The claim? An 80% reduction in operational costs and a doubling…

Microsoft Copilot: Is Your Productivity About to Get a Serious Upgrade? Another day, another AI promising to revolutionize our lives. This time, it’s Microsoft Copilot, and it’s making some bold claims about boosting productivity. Let’s cut through the marketing jargon and see what’s actually new. Copilot’s Productivity Promise: TL;DR Automation is King (or Queen):…

Adobe, purveyor of fine software we simultaneously love and begrudge paying for, is apparently doubling down on the AI revolution. Not content with simply automating away graphic design jobs, they’re injecting AI ‘agents’ directly into Photoshop and Premiere Pro. Buckle up, creatives. Agent Smith in Your Software According to a recent blog post from…

Crushon AI: Unfiltered Chat or Just Another AI Hype Train? San Francisco, 2025. The AI companion market continues its relentless march, with Crushon AI the latest contender to throw its hat (and potentially other items of clothing) into the ring. Promising “unfiltered NSFW AI” and “the longest memory,” Crushon AI is making bold claims.…

So, PicLumen promises instant character creation. Anime, furry, 3D – the whole shebang. No artistic skill required. Just… ideas. Apparently, that’s all you need to become the next character design god. Or, you know, at least populate your indie game with something. Let’s dissect this claim, shall we? Furry Friends (and Foes?) on Demand…

Amazon’s Nova Sonic: Is This The Voice AI That Will Finally Understand Your Mumbling? Amazon’s wading deeper into the AI wars. This week, they unveiled Nova Sonic, a voice generation model aimed squarely at rivals like Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s GPT-4o. And because one AI model isn’t enough to satiate the silicon gods, they…